Arthur Nickless

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

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| name = Arthur Nickless

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| fullname = Arthur Ernest Nickless

| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|03|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paddington, New South Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1915|03|12|1879|03|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Prahran, Victoria

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| statsend = 1899

| years1 = 1899

| club1 = {{AFL SM}}

| games_goals1 = 1 (0)

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Arthur Ernest Nickless (18 March 1879 – 12 March 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=657}}

Originally from Victorian Football Association club Brunswick,{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=The football season|author=Follower|date=15 May 1899|page=7}} Nickless was cleared to South Melbourne in 1899 where he played in only the first match of the season. He was a premiership half-back player for Leopold in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association in 1900.{{cite news|newspaper=Standard|publication-place=Port Melbourne, VIC|title=Football|date=29 September 1900|page=4}}